English noun: acculturation |
1. | acculturation (act) the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
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| Samples | The socialization of children to the norms of their culture.
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| Synonyms | enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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| Broader (hypernym) | social control |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | breeding, bringing up, cultivation, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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2. | acculturation (cognition) all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
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| Synonyms | culture |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cognitive content, content, mental object |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | meme |
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3. | acculturation (cognition) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
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| Synonyms | assimilation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | education |
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